Oregon Culinary was founded on a simple idea: that a great culinary arts education must be complete, practical, affordable, and give its graduates the best possible foundation for a life in the food service industry. Oregon Culinary Institute is owned and operated by Pioneer Pacific College, a highly focused private career college offering diploma, associate, and bachelor's degree programs in Business, Healthcare, Information Technology and Legal. Pioneer Pacific College has been a regional leader in career education since 1981.